Make Sure Your Halloween is More Treat Than Trick
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children offers these tips for a safer and fun night
Halloween is a fun and exciting night of the year for many children, but parents may feel uneasy and anxious about allowing their children to approach unknown homes.The InterNational Center for Missing & Exploited Children urges parents to use this night as a teachable moment for themselves and their children by reinforcing the importance of safety all year-long.
- Children should be accompanied by a parent or trusted adult and walked to the door by the parent to receive treats. Children should NEVER enter a home without his or her parents permission.
- Know the neighborhood in which you plan to trick or treat. Pick houses that you feel comfortable letting your child visit. Do not visit homes that are isolated or poorly lit.
- Be sure children do not approach any vehicle, occupied or not, and make sure they get away quickly if someone gets out of a vehicle and starts to approach them.
- Make sure your child is able to see and move easily in their costume. Consider having your child carry a flashlight so that they can see more easily, and are easily seen.
- In case you become separated make sure your child knows your cell phone number and address. Teach your children how to dial in the UK 9+9+9 and the USA 9+1+1 in an emergency.
- Consider organizing a home or community party as an alternative to trick-or-treating.
- Teach your child to say NO! or this is not my mother/father in a loud voice if someone tries to get him or her to go somewhere. Teach your child to kick, scream and resist if someone tries to get him or her to leave. Your childs safety is more important than being polite!
Have fun, stay safe and Enjoy the day & evening ~ BTH
Reblogged this on Gerry's Space. and commented:
Have Fun and Please be Safe
beautiful thought my Lady well done,,:)
Thank you MY Kind Sir and dear friend,Now lets hope that the tips will be put to good use.
A safe, fun, albeit spooky Halloween should be for everyone.
Same to you my friend!
Priceless advice. Any parent who watches the news about kid abductions, kidnapping, molestation and other evil acts on the innocent should never let their kid wander by themselves during Halloween or any events for that matter. No where is safe anymore. Great post.
Touche and we here at BTH echo your wise words. Though there is not one excuse for one single child being abused and/or abducted that is viable.We know it happens more times a day in the UK & US than we can wrap our minds around. Maybe more than once a day according to the data recorded.
One of our hopes here at BTH is to create an open door policy every where our children go, and are,The agenda being that there is not one single place left for these predators to find to be alone with our very vulnerable children.
Thank you so much for stopping by, we are so grateful. ~